Lake Placid Ubu Ale

Brewed by Lake Placid Pub & Brewery
Style: English Strong Ale
Lake Placid, New York USA

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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I think this one is courtesy of luiss, but if not him them some other fine chap that participated in the Mystery Beer Swap trade. Aroma has some dark malts and sweet candied fruit notes. Body is a dark ruddy brown and holds a firm and lasting pinky sized tan head. Tart fruit notes in the fore...apple, cherry..which meld into sweet dark malt flavors. Almost approaches sour at times, but in a good way....a little bit like New Glarus’ Cherry Stout though much less concentrated and without the overy cherry flavors. The finish is a mix of the previous flavors but imparts a more defined tartness that defines the flavor of the whole beer. Very nice suprise.

Poured a very dark ruby color with a medium off white head. Aroma of dark fruit, malt, and chocolate. Flavor of caramel malt that becomes bitter quickly finishing with a dry bitter dark chocolate taste. Smooth light to medium body

UPDATED: SEP 25, 2011 Tasty brew this Ubu. Drank it a bit during college in Central NY. Dark red color. Nice, light head. Tasted notes of chocolate and caramel with a nice hops balance. Ubu!

Bottle- Pours an opaque deep brown color with an off-color head and some lacing. A nice malt aroma with chocolate and coffee mixed in. Starts slightly sweet, then roasted malt with a bit of bitterness and a dry finish.Medium body with a creamy feel. Smooth with no presence of the 7% ABV. Well balanced. Good ale, an easy drinker. Nice way to end the day.

Bottle. Chocolate & molasses aroma. Dark, black/red body with medium tan head. Flavor begins sweet followed by malts with a subtle roasted/chocolate finish. A very smooth and creamy beer, well balanced.

Serving: 12 oz. bottle from State Line Liquors. It pours a deep ruby brown color with a thick head of tan foam. The nose is pleasantly nutty with some nice toast and fruit notes. The flavor has a good bitterness up front but then a nice caramel malt, plum, and slight cherry notes. Perhaps a little cracker too. Medium bodied with slightly softer than average carbonation leading to a rather dry, medium finish. This brew is well balanced and certainly sessionable enough for the style. I think I will have to find another.

Bottle. Dark reddish brown with tight, attractive beige head. Aroma is earthy with caramel, peat, tobacco, and spice. Flavors of caramel, toffee, roasted nuts, tobacco, peat, toast, pine, apple, and spice. Medium body with creamy mouthfeel and light,sparkly carbonation. Impressive and inspiring.

Deep, red pour (almost brown until you candle it) with a light brown head. Extremely well-balanced malt-hop pairing. Fresh cherry-fruit nose leads to a sip of cherry, caramel, and toffee notes. Finishes as bitter-sweet chocolate. Amazing array of tastes. Delicious product.

Pours a very deep red, almost brown. Head is non-existent. Notes of dark fruit, brown sugar and perhaps a little rum in the nose. I’m tasting a little roast that I did not pick up on in the nose. Also, this beer is not as sweet as I thought it was going to be. Ample carbonation. Actually, I’m now getting a lot of roast as it warms. This is much better than I thought it was going to be.

Pours a root beer brown. Aroma mostly malt, some bread, a bit sweet. Taste is vanilla and cream. Some toffee as well. Good finish...some hops and light bitterness.